The Evening Star. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1878.

Evening Star, Issue 4893, 6 November 1878, Page 2

The Evening Star. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1878.

e have to apologise to a large number of our readers for the late hour at which the KvßxiNo Star was published last night. ■Being desirous that our subscribers should at the earliest moment, become acquainted v-iththei'cMllfcof the Melbourne C-m Wu had made arrangement for receiving the .same at as early an hour as po- sibJe, and accordingly published a sreoiij edition, giving the n.-ccssary pavticul.tra. This message reached Duncan at (5.40 p.m., which, allowing f«»r t'io difference in time between here and . :.?lovia, shows that every promptness * u aisplaycd by the telegraph authorities in furthering r.ur object. It is worthy of mention that this is the first occasion on which the result of a Melbourne Cup has been publish*-! in a New Zealand newsp;>p(T on the day on which it was run. " Old Duncdin, Past and Present," was title of a lecture delivered by Judge Batiigate to a numerous audience at the Congregational Church, j/'ort Chalmers, yesterday evening, in aid of its funds.

Tue adjourned meeting at South Dunedin last night re amalgamation was, like its predecessors, rather noisy. Mr Moloney moved ' That the question be referred back to the committee with the request thai; some definite principles of amalgamation be arranged and submitted to a"future mcetifoV' Nvh ; : ,'-; h was carried, the names of Messri o»"tli. Class, Carey, Kaumann, .Sullivan Christie, and Campbell, WW added to the committee,

I he following items are from tlie files per ' + , r™;!- : ~ rhc annual "flower sen-ice," in the Collins street Congregational Church last -S children and 1,000 adults present. The l«.ev. . (!. Halley delivered au address. , Several times he cnlled upon the chihlrcn to show th, t cst ■ -'■!W« w "_.a n a when they ic.ponded by holdn.o- up the thousands of nosegays, the bxly of the hall looked like a garden surrounded by a border-the balcony -m Avluch Wf ;vcs Ho-.vor- 0/every hue. The liOrt-oj-awcre i.tt 1U tiio cunrGii am* afi.=rwanla t; ,ken to the hn S pit a ls._Tho individual who got fin-l LIO at the Melbcurnc SS fe ( r r Af'T;'TV"-¥ Persuade t'i- ..UK 0i me court, to piiico him en ?. por-t..-ulp.r jury was Henry Mark,, pawnbroker, of Llmbeth str.et._A breach of promise XfrVriW Court, on i-ct.OLi 40, the plaintiff being Annie Molloy, a cook and the defendant, Peter Fahey, a Cathohc traencr. The jury returned a verdict u the plamt.n ; damages, L2oo.~Slack, the JMcpressihle litigant is ill, and the proceediiigs against him for contempt have been adjourned for a wcek.-Within the last few days tnere lias br.en something like an AmaX...11..1U invasion «,f th.> tohgraph and post' offices m Melbourne. As many as twentyseven ladies are now employed in the clerical and op.-vrat.ng branches of the telegraph o'I'co; four ladkr, arc to be found in the I Jiioncy order oiiice, and about a do/on young m™ f Mr e;i - :l^d :ifc in tbu main building. It is in contemplation to introduce women into other branches of the pubbc service.—A split in the Berry Cabinet is anticipated over Sir John O'Shanassy's Education Act Amendment Bill. If pressed to a division, Sir Bryan O'Loghlcn (the Attornoy-Oenera!) and Mr Lalor fCommisiiiiiujioKcr cf Custom*} will hanport the Bill, but the cthuriacmbiTsJof the Cahrnct will vote against ;<-..—On the- 'JiSth ult. Miss Joey y"ngon];: s - 1 ■cture.l in Svduey on ".Who I 'f- "ur Mandeier,'"' being a, .reply to the cxtanadian prie-ifc. Chiniquy. The hall was crowded, and the lecture, which was an) eflective one, was well I

pWEccles" was repeated at the Princess's lalt night. Oamaru is again complaining of the scarcity of railway trucks,■_ Tho Arawata with, the Suez mail was .to have left Melbourne yesterday.About3oo volunteers, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Stavely, were put throiigh. battalion drill last night. Our German friends will be glad to learn that Prince Henry of Prussia is shortly to visit Now Zealand in H.l.M.'sfrigate Sedan. Richard .Stewart and his three clever daughters were passengers to the Bluff by the Tararua. We shall soon see them in "Rainbow Revels."

The Sultan has officially informed the British Ambassador at Constantinople that he would never conclude any treaty of alliance with Russia. The Carnival Committee have closed their accounts with the result that a little over L 1,500 will be handed over to tho funds of the Institute. The gross takings were L 1,900. The Entertainment Committee have not yet settled up. About 100 gentlemen, more or less interested in agriculture, witnessed at Kirklaud s farm at the Taieri yesterday a trial of I'owler's steam plough under the immediate supervision of Mr Noakes, the manufacturers representative. The trial was a success.

Concerning Affghanistan, Reuter under date October 22, says: "The reply of tho Ameer to the counsel given him by the Porte, to at once enter into amicable arrangements with England, is couched in terms unfriendly towards the latter Power, and consequently the present warlike aspect of the Affghan question remains unchanged. Tho Ameer gives reasons why he prefers an alliance with Kussia.

xi n S r°^ al g atherin g and dance given in the Oddfellows' Hall last night by the Loyal Orange Lodges was not so well patronised as might have been expected. Nevertheless, those present enjoyed themselves to the utmost. Addresses were addresses were delivered by the Rev. Lindsay Mackic and others, and the affair broke up early this morning. r J

If Councillors Fish and Walter were to study the matter they would find that floating baths are in use on the Thames, and have been a pronounced success. There the water undergoes a process of filtration, and yet the expense could be confined within limits that make a penny bath possible. 7" nc ' or M'Kinnon, at yesterday's meeting or. the Uty Council, said the proposed floating bath would cost L6OO or L7OO. The first quarterly meeting of the Dunedin Young Women's Christian Association was held last night, when a report detailing the transactions of the committee was read. 1 hero are over eighty members on the roll, and a balance in hand of L 37. Flower day for the hospital is to be altered to Tuesday'; and it was decided to hold a monthly meeting for Bible-reading, and to establish a mission school in conneetion with the association.

The Australian cricketers left Frisco on October 28. They played at Frisco on the 24th and 26th, but the result has not been sent. Their reception by Victoria has fe cn i arraTl S C(l - They will journey from Wodonga to Melbourne by special train ; at Spencer street station -will be welcomed by the Cricket Association, and at the Town Hall by the Mayor on behalf of the citizens. In the cveniug they will be entertained at a banquet.

The scientific expedition under Captain Sir George Nares, after exploring the coasts of South America, will in due course visit the Low Archipelago, the Society and the Friendly Islands, and will afterwards spend a few months at Fiji, for the purpose of examining the dangers of the track off those islands. Captain Wares will then proceed to New Zealand, aud will subsequently be employed off the north-western coast of Australia in charting the reefs and islets of that continent, and those between it and the ports of Netherlands-India.

London telegrams of the 22nd ult. state that Rear-Admiral Sir J. E. Commeroll is watching the movements of the Russians at Bourgas. Admiral Hornby has gone to Cyprus to meet the War Minister and the first Lord of the Admiralty. Mr Cunliffe Owen, C.8., Secretary to the British Commissioners at the Paris Exhibition, has been created a K.C.M.G. The advance to Egypt to be made by the Rothschilds is on the security of the Daera bonds.—The Porte has granted concessions for the construction of railways from Constantinople to Bagdad and Bussorah ; also from Trebizonde to Diarbekir and Alexandretta.

A tea meeting to bid farewell to Mr J. J. Haley, who leaves for Melbourne, via Sydney, on ihursday, was held in the Christian Chapel last night. The audience, a very numerous one, was addressed by Messrs Henderson (who occupied the chair), T Fergus, J. Fergus, and J. J. Haley, the latter stating that his departure from PunGdm was merely a voluntary action on his part, inasmuch as he \vaa recently asked to remain with the Church in Great King street for an additional twelve months. Daring the evening Mr E. Edmond (on behalf of the choir) presented Mr Haley, 01 boli:;li of Mrs Haley, with a handsome t.aand coffee service as an expression of their appreciation of the services she had rendered the choir during her residence in Duneein. Several selections of sacred music were very creditably rendered and tended much to the harmony of the meeting. It is calculated that 110,000 was spent in this Colony in sweeps. In Mr Cameron's 14,000 consultation Calamia was drawn by a wool-sorter living at the north end of the City ; Tom Kirk by an Oamaru publican; and Waxy by the wife an hotel-keeper carrying on business in Walker street. In Jlr 'Djdson's L 1,.000 sweep Calamia was drawn by a, man, who, on" Monday night, dispo-cd of his chance to a well-known snort and his friend for L 32 10s. The purchasers now nctt a couple of hundred pounds a-piece on their bargain. The second hj rse falls to a speculative city auctioneer, who, in order that the sweep should be drawn for the full amount, purchased 100 tickets. Besides Tom Kirk he drew eleven other horses. Waxy goes to Port Chalmers. A third sweep was got up here, but we have not heard who the lucky ones were.

The new members match of the No. 1 Cit? Guards is postponed until Tuesday, the 12th ms-t. The njiniwl soiree of the Trinity Weslevan Church vail bo held this evening, commencing at 6.30. _ In our advertising columns appears a rconisition to the Mayor of Dunedin and his reply re Vnnco of Wales's Birthday. A large number of gentlemen met at Dunmng's hotel, Princos ctreet. last evening, when a sup; or was given in connection with the overling of the now cafe, which hss been liandeotncly fitted up. Mr Spedding filled the chair. Tn our commercial columns appear the very satisfactory report and balance-sheet presented at the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Hank of Now Zealand la.<;t month. It Wiu bo observed that the diiectors woio empowered to increase the capital to a mi lion. The first of the " T.ova'orc' renrnentations bv Sisinor Moilcy and his pupils lakes pi ice at tiie Queon s to-moirow night A full lious-3 Ins be-n en-ured, as fhe whole of the circle and mo t of the still seats were t iken several days ago. There was a, very successful dross rehearsal of (lie opera last night.